Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is old news. She was convicted a few weeks ago, then immediately pardoned by the government...probably because of international pressure. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-424-0897 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! On 2/21/10 8:38 PM, "Vince Passaro" <passaro.vince at gmail.com> wrote: > Human Rights Watch has been tracking the case of a young female Uzbek > photographer who has made authorities angry because her pictures capture > aspects of life they find embarassing and politically charged. The > photographs themselves -- a dozen of them on the HRW web site -- are very > good, very Leica-M8-looking to my eye; plus I thought luggers in general > would want to be aware of the political consequences in some parts of the > world that come from photographing, for instance, a weeping bride > embracing > her father. > > Check out the site and the photos here: > http://www.hrw.org/en/features/umida-ahmedova-photographer-facing-trial > > Many thanks for taking a look. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information